discontinuances
Endings of activities
Discontinuances is the plural of discontinuance, the act of stopping or ending something that was ongoing.
The word appears most often in legal and business contexts: The court ordered discontinuance of the lawsuit, discontinuances of insurance policies.
It emphasizes the formal or official nature of the stopping, distinguishing it from mere cessation.
Acts of bringing closure
- suspensionsTemporary enforced absences
- stoppagesTemporary halts in activity
- cancellationsOfficial voidings of arrangements
- abolitionsFormal discontinuations of systems
withdrawals · revocations · annulments · nullifications · rescissions · invalidations · dissolutions · expirations
Temporary bans or delays
- hiatusesTemporary breaks in activity
- pausesTemporary cessations of activity
- breaksSplits or pauses
- interruptionsBreaks in continuity
adjournments · deferrals · postponements · holds · freezes · standstills · abeyances · intermissions
terminations
Acts of bringing closure
- suspensionsTemporary enforced absences
- stoppagesTemporary halts in activity
- cancellationsOfficial voidings of arrangements
abolitions · withdrawals · revocations · annulments · nullifications · rescissions · invalidations · dissolutions · expirations · endings
moratoriums
Temporary bans or delays
interruptions · adjournments · deferrals · postponements · holds · freezes · standstills · abeyances · intermissions · recesses
discontinuancesbeginnings
Initial stages of something
commencements · starts · initiations · inceptions · introductions
discontinuancescontinuations
Things that proceed onward
continuances · perpetuations · extensions · persistences · preservations
discontinuancesrenewals
Acts of extending agreements
resumptions · revivals · restorations · reactivations · reinstatements